tarun is contemplating

hello! welcome to my website!

this here is my digital garden of sorts. i sometimes forget about it, as i would any actual garden left under my supervision.

note: opinions my own. if you're a recruiter or someone who works in tech, please see posts under #computers or #engineering; there might be nontechnical posts on this website which you should ignore.

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• Understanding DNS Compression

  Published:Mar 17, 2025 |  at 01:30 AM

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  Published:Oct 22, 2023 |  at 05:10 PM

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